Early Childhood Education And Care

Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care reflects the role of early childhood educators who are responsible for designing and implementing curriculum in early childhood education and care services. In doing so they work to implement an approved learning framework within the requirements of the Education and Care Services National Regulations and the National Quality Standard.

This program is designed as a mixture of classroom based training and a minimum of 240 hours of workplace training.

• IELTS overall band of 4.5 or equivalent

• Child Care Worker
• Early Childhood Educator
• Child Care Centre Group Leader

Core Units

• Promote Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
• Develop cultural competence
• Ensure the health and safety of children
• Provide care for children
• Promote and provide healthy food and drinks
• Provide care for babies and toddlers
• Develop positive and respectful relationships with children
• Use an approved learning framework to guide practice
• Establish and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children
• Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in early childhood
• Nurture creativity in children
• Facilitate compliance in an education and care services
• Establish and implement plans for developing cooperative behaviour
• Implement strategies for the inclusion of all children
• Promote children’s agency
• Analyse information to inform learning
• Design and implement the curriculum to foster children's learning and development
• Embed sustainable practices in service operations
• Work in partnership with families to provide appropriate education and care for children
• Work legally and ethically
• Identify and respond to children and young people at risk
• Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting
• Maintain work health and safety
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Elective Units

• Comply with Family Day Care administration requirements
• Work with diverse people
• Reflect on and improve own professional practice
• Support the holistic development of children in early childhood
• Provide experiences to support children’s play and learning